Show Notes:

This week, we present our Introspective Year in Review, a special segment where we're only considering what the year's comics mean
to us. You know, feelings. It's not about rankings, or lists of best of
anything. It's about the moments throughout the year that really
impacted us individually as readers. Aaron and Andrea each picked a
couple themes and the specific comics in 2013 that made them think
about...stuff. It was an intensely personal exercise, but we promise not
to get too heavy. Plus, everyone's been drinking. It's gonna be fine.

Andrea - Gender Roles in Comics 33:10

Aaron - Complexity of Universe 44:15

Colleen and Paul are the creators of the Eisner-award winning Bandette, published digitally by MonkeyBrain Comics and in hardcover by Dark Horse. Colleen is an illustrator and a member of Periscope Studio, and before Bandette she was probably best known for her erotic comic Small Favors published by Eros Comix. Paul, also a member of Periscope, has written comics for Dark Horse, including Colder and Plants vs. Zombies, Dynamite, DC and Marvel. His most recent novel, the highly acclaimed Prepare to Die is now available in trade paperback. Colleen and Paul also collaborated on the graphic novel Gingerbread Girl, and have worked on stories together for Marvel Comics as well. Their upcoming Adventure Time arc "Flip Side", published by BOOM! Studios, begins in early 2014.

December 20, 2013 @ 7:10 pm

Three comics from December 18, 2013. Plus your Nerd Confessions about endings (character deaths and series finales) and Aaron's Inner Child. Probably.

On The Couch this week: writer Simon Oliver.

Show Notes:

Theme
of the show is the final countdown, escaping into the dark, fading to
black, leaving on a jet plane, going out in a blaze of glory. You get
the idea. It's the end. We're saying goodbye to three comics - two minis
and an epic series - that are concluding this week. No crying, just
drinking. Well, for Aaron anyway. #slurredcast

Theme
of the show is toxic relationships. We've all had them, the kind of
relationship where a little piece of you dies inside every day it
continues. Some of us may even be in one currently.It’s not always romantic, mind you. You could have a toxic friend or co-worker or podcast co-host. The
problem usually is that it's a lot easier to get over the poison after
you've gotten it out of your system, but the path to recovery itself is
never fun.

Theme of the show is money, power, women. Or
is it money, power, women? We're a little unclear as to which comes
first in the order of acquisition, but everyone agrees that all three
are desirable, right? And potentially deadly.

Alex de Campi is a writer and director, known best for her Eisner-nominated series Smoke and the 2011 followup Ashes. She is currently writing Grindhouse for Dark Horse and her comic Valentine is now published digitally on every Wednesday on Thrillbent.com.